Escape rooms and breakout classrooms have found their way into today’s elementary classroom! They are such a great way to increase student engagement and to promote collaborative learning. This holiday escape activity is a perfect way to celebrate with FUN end of the year activities.

Here’s what’s included:

• Teacher Directions: including a link to a detailed blog post with example set-up pictures.
• Student Directions: easy to understand and student friendly.
• Clue 1: To prove that you belong on the nice list, you’ll need to sing a few Christmas carols. Decipher the picture clues to determine which 12 carols to sing. Write the title of the song that each card represents on your recording sheet.
• Clue 2: Santa accidentally jumbled up his Christmas list. Help him by finding the hidden words on the list. The letters that are NOT used will give you the next clue
• Clue 3: Help Santa find what number goes at the top of his tree. You should add side-by-side numbers and write the sum of those numbers on the hexagon above that number. The number at the top is your code!
• Clue 4: To help Santa organize his supplies, you need to match the Christmas items on the Christmas puzzle. To complete the 3-by-3 puzzle, you should reconstruct the squares so that all of the images match on every interior side. Remember, you are making a square. Once you complete the puzzle, use the top three images and the decoder wheel to crack the code!
• These puzzles are not specific to any standard or grade level. Instead, this version is centered around critical thinking skills.

This can be used with Breakout Edu boxes or with your own boxes and locks. If you do not have boxes and locks, you may use the digital version, where students submit their answers on Google Forms.

Total Pages: 18
File Size: 22 MB

PREVIEW

The post Christmas Escape Room (Escape Santa’s Naughty List) Print & Digital appeared first on Ashleigh's Education Journey.

Incorporate reading standards while teaching students about holidays around the world with these interactive notebook activities!

Save by purchasing both of my Holidays Around the World products in this Holidays Around the World Bundle!

What’s Included?

• A picture of a completed interactive notebook entry for each country/culture.
• A black and white version of each activity.
• I’ve include two options for some countries to keep the interactive notebooks flexible for all classroom needs. All countries come with one generic template where students can record what they learned, facts, important info, etc.
• There is a second version for most countries that requires students to apply reading skills and strategies from the Common Core Language Arts Standards for Informational Text. For instance, students may have to determine the text structure of the passage they were reading about that holiday or need to identify the point of view of the passage.

Countries/Cultures Included:

• Australia
• Brazil
• France
• Germany
• Greenland
• Israel
• Italy
• Kwanzaa
• Mexico
• Sweden
• Spain
• United States

What About the Reading Passages
This product does NOT contain reading passages for holidays around the world. I’ve written them so they can be used with any text. I plan to use these activities with my Holidays Around the World Close Reading pack. That product includes three reading passages for each of the countries/cultures included in this pack, along with close reading questions and writing prompts.

Check these other holiday products!
Twas the Week Before Christmas
Christmas Math Centers

Total Pages: 77
File Size: 18 MB

PREVIEW

The post Holidays Around the World Interactive Notebook | Print & Digital appeared first on Ashleigh's Education Journey.

In this holidays around the world resource, there are ten nonfiction reading passages based on ten cultures/nations’ holiday celebrations. Since we all have students reading on many different reading levels, each passage is written on three different reading levels.

There are also three sets of questions for each set of holidays around the world passages. The first set of questions are text dependent questions that require students to cite evidence in the text, and the second set of questions require students to analyze the text structure and word choice of the passage. The third set of questions have students respond to a question that promotes high order thinking.

Save by purchasing both of my Holidays Around the World products in this Holidays Around the World Bundle!

Countries/Cultures Included:

• Australia
• Brazil
• France
• Germany
• Greenland
• Israel Hanukkah
• Italy
• Kwanzaa
• Mexico
• Spain
• Sweden

These activities can be completed as a whole group, guided reading group, or even homework. It’s flexible to work in any elementary classroom.

You may also enjoy these holiday resources:

• Christmas Escape Room
• Christmas Fraction Project
• Christmas Geometry Project
• Christmas Literacy Activities
• Christmas Around the World Nonfiction Text Structure

You can find Holidays Around the World Interactive Notebook activities HERE.

Total Pages: 100
File Size: 14 MB

PREVIEW

The post Holidays Around the World | Differentiated Reading Passages | Print and Digital appeared first on Ashleigh's Education Journey.

The resource includes my Holidays Around the World Interactive Notebook and my Holidays Around the World Close Reading resources!

What’s Included in the interactive notebook?

• A picture of a completed interactive notebook entry for each country/culture.
• A color and black and white version of each activity to save on colored ink.
• Two interactive notebook templates for each country.

What’s Included in the close reading product?

• 10 nonfiction reading passages based on ten cultures/nations holiday celebrations. Each passage is written on three different reading levels to make differentiation a little easier.
• 3 sets of questions for each set of passages. The first set of questions requires students to cite evidence in the text, and the second set of questions require students to analyze the text structure and word choice of the passage. The third set of questions have students respond to a question that promotes high order thinking.

Countries/Cultures Included:

• Australia
• Brazil
• France
• Germany
• Greenland
• Israel
• Italy
• Kwanzaa
• Mexico
• Sweden
• Spain
• United States

Check these other holiday products!

• Twas the Week Before Christmas
• Christmas Math Centers

Total Pages: 279
File Size: 88 MB

PREVIEW

The post Holidays Around the World Bundle | Close Reading & Interactive Notebook appeared first on Ashleigh's Education Journey.